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Bitrot, (edited ) to linux in Why is Fedora called Fedora?
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Mark Ewing used to wear a red Cornell lacrosse cap and when he would help in computer labs people would look for a the man in the red hat. The company was called Red Hat after Mark but their logo has been a person in a fedora for a long time.

Fedora is a community continuation of Red Hat Linux, which was discontinued in favor of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Back when I was starting out Fedora wasn’t a thing, you downloaded Red Hat Linux for free directly from the company or could buy it in a box.

Bitrot, (edited ) to linux in How to update the BIOS on a Dell laptop running Linux
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fwupd can install from exe using the Dell script in github.com/fwupd/fwupd/tree/…/firmware_packager

However that model is supported natively too: fwupd.org/lvfs/…/com.dell.uefi3b49e316.firmware

IE: install gnome-firmware from flatpak or native package manager and it can do the whole thing, no need to download some exe.

Bitrot, to linux in The Linux Kernel Preparing To Drop Infrastructure For Old & Obsolete Graphics Drivers - Phoronix
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If only they contributed to the kernel maintenance workload.

Bitrot, to upliftingnews in Apple Formally Endorses Right to Repair Legislation After Spending Millions Fighting It
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Apple released a self repair storefront, soon afterwards comes legislation that perfectly mirrors the way they operate their program. AFAIK Apple is still free to keep people from using old parts off eBay and such.

Bitrot, (edited ) to linux in Just about every Windows and Linux device vulnerable to new LogoFAIL firmware attack
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It can outlast those too.

In many of these cases, however, it’s still possible to run a software tool freely available from the IBV or device vendor website that reflashes the firmware from the OS. To pass security checks, the tool installs the same cryptographically signed UEFI firmware already in use, with only the logo image, which doesn’t require a valid digital signature, changed.

Bitrot, to asklemmy in What are your thoughts on people being doxxed for ripping down missing israeli posters?
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The Guardian has a good article about the tribalism going on right now (theguardian.com/…/us-support-divided-israel-pales…).

Any empathy is seen as a betrayal right now. It’s imo also one of the reasons things are so terrible to begin with.

Bitrot, to privacyguides in Google-hosted malvertising leads to fake Keepass site that looks genuine
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People who use those characters benefit from it. I imagine 點看 is more useful than xn–c1yn36f to a Chinese person. That’s also why Google displays them that way.

It would be nice if browsers warned when International Domain Names were in use, and provided the option to disable punycode when first encountered.

Bitrot, to linux in Yes, Ubuntu Is Withholding Security Patches for Some Software
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The title is. The article itself is pretty generous.

Bitrot, to mildlyinteresting in My grandfather was an aircraft inspector for De Havilland in WWII. This is one of the notebooks he used to study for the job. He drew all the pictures.
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Great looking HAD drawings.

Bitrot, (edited ) to linux in Hans Reiser Apologies For Social Mistakes, Comments On ReiserFS Deprecation From Prison
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Author choosing some odd phrasing to group murder and interactions on the LKML.

Edit: The letter does include “social mistake in the Linux community” but it’s still odd to phrase it that way in an article about it, imo.

Bitrot, to linux in Gamedev and linux
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This went in a different direction than I expected, in a good way.

Bitrot, to asklemmy in Why don't public restroom stalls have OPEN/OCCUPIED indicators like porta potties do?
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Probably.

Most stalls are bolted together pieces of cheap metal with the most basic latch you can imagine. If an indicator adds 10 cents to the cost it’s not going to happen.

Bitrot, (edited ) to linux in Canonical lifts lid on more Ubuntu Core Desktop details
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Snap has the ability to do the base system in a much more modular way and could be really cool for an immutable system. Forcing them on desktop users with their transitional deb packages and making it heavily integrated with only one repository really screwed it up.

Bitrot, to news in Japan Airlines jet bursts into flames after collision with earthquake relief plane at Tokyo Haneda airport
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It’s incredible they got everyone off the Airbus with only some minor injuries.

Bitrot, to linux in Just about every Windows and Linux device vulnerable to new LogoFAIL firmware attack
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It’s reminiscent of boot sector viruses in the DOS days.

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